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Object Number 2016.22.1341
Display Title Paint
Descriptions
Object Description Paint
Inventory Description Paint, glass vial, red pigment inside
Classification
  • Pigment
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Pennsylvania
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 8.2 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm (3 1/4 × 5/8 × 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2016.22.1341, Indian Paint, Peters Creek Mound Pa. 1341
Credit Line Gift of the Benjamin H. Bristol - Seth R. Boyden Artifact Collection from the Foxborough Historical Commission
Provenance
Owner Foxborough Historical Commission
Owner Benjamin H. Bristol
Collector Seth R. Boyden
Donor Donated by Foxborough Historical Commission (10/25/2016)

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